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A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina to be part of the same metropolitan statistical area as Wilmington, North Carolina. [S.1157] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina to be part of the same metropolitan statistical area as Wilmington, North Carolina. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina, to be part of the metropolitan statistical area that contains Wilmington, North Carolina. Terminates this Act on January 1, 2021.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/30/2015

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Startup Act [HB-962] [Immigration ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Science ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ]
Startup Act Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a STEM field. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 03/10/2015

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Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act [HB-924] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act Requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Secretary of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015

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Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2015 [HB-75] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2015 Prohibits any state whose congressional districts have been redistricted after a decennial census from carrying out another redistricting until after the next apportionment of Representatives following a decennial census, unless a court requires such state to conduct a subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Makes this Act applicable to any congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/22/2015

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Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act [HB-598] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Taxes ]
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual budget authority. Such inventory shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a federal agency, and (2) any activity that is referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019. For programs identified in such inventory for which there is more than $1 million and not more (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 350. on 01/19/2016

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Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act [HB-5587] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Native American Affairs ]
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, divides career and technical education (CTE) students into CTE concentrators and CTE participants, and revises requirements for within-state funding allocations. The bill also revises requirements for core indicators of performance, including state adjusted levels of performance, to differentiate those for CTE concentrators who graduate from high school and for CTE concentrators (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Received In The Senate. on 09/14/2016

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CFPB Data Accountability Act [HB-5413] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Data Privacy ]
CFPB Data Accountability Act This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to prescribe requirements for the consumer complaint website the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must establish. The CFPB may only make consumer complaint information available to the public on the website in an aggregated format and after taking steps to ensure that proprietary, personal, or confidential consumer information is not made public. The CFPB must verify any consumer complaint information where the complaint alleges a violation of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Garland Barr Introduced In House on 06/08/2016

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LGBT Data Inclusion Act [HB-5373] [Data Privacy ] [Human Rights ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ]
LGBT Data Inclusion Act This bill requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to establish data standards that require: a determination of which existing data sets exclude information about sexual orientation and gender identity; an identification, and a use, of appropriate methods to include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in surveys that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/27/2016

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PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act [HB-5278] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Law Enforcement ]
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects. (Sec. 2) The effective date of this bill is the date of enactment. Title III (Adjustments of Debts) only applies to cases commenced under it on or after the date of enactment. Titles III and VI (Creditor Collective Action) apply to all debts, claims, and liens, regardless of the creation date. (Sec. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/13/2016

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Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2015 [HB-51] [Crime ] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2015 Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; and (3) gather specified data from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, including the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed that led to the stop, identifying characteristics of the driver stopped, whether (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/12/2015

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Recreation Not Red-Tape Act [HB-4790] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Recreation ] [Veterans ] [Senior Citizens ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Tourism ]
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites. Interior and USDA should: work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/19/2016

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STEM Opportunities Act of 2015 [HB-467] [Science ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
STEM Opportunities Act of 2015 Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide federal science agencies with guidance on establishing specified policies to accommodate the needs of caregiver researchers who receive their research awards. Requires each federal science agency to annually collect and submit to the National Science Foundation (NSF) institution-level data on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating (as practicable), budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 02/19/2015

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Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 [HB-4371] [Air Quality ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Immigration ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ] [Consumer Protection ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Retirement ]
Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to restrict federal agencies from using appropriations for certain activities. The bill includes restrictions that affect policy and regulations in areas, including: tobacco products, greenhouse gas emissions, fisheries, exports to Cuba, endangered species, water and air quality, hydraulic fracturing, limits on truck size, housing discrimination, fiduciary standards for providing investment advice for pension and retirement plans, determinations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 01/19/2016

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TRUST Act of 2015 Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust Act of 2015 [HB-4117] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
TRUST Act of 2015 Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey statistics on the level of trust between law enforcement agencies and the residents they serve. Additionally, DOJ must submit an annual report to Congress that includes recommendations to improve levels of trust that it determines to be problematically low.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 12/04/2015

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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [HB-4043] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Children and Youth ] [Housing ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ]
Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions related to financial aid and educational programs for children and youths who are homeless or in foster care. With respect to a student's independence for purposes of financial aid, a financial aid administrator must: (1) in the absence of conflicting information, accept a homelessness determination made by an authorized individual; and (2) make such a determination if the student cannot get documentation from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016

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ECONOMICS Act Ensuring Continued Operations and No Other Major Incidents, Closures, or Slowdowns Act [HB-3932] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ]
ECONOMICS Act Ensuring Continued Operations and No Other Major Incidents, Closures, or Slowdowns Act This bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to direct the President to appoint a board of inquiry within 10 days after any of the following events occur: the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the monthly Import or Export Vessel Value decreased by 20% or more in any one month from the previous month in any one of the four metric identification regions into which each U.S. maritime port shall be classified; a slow-down or a threatened or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016

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Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act [HB-3838] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Elections ]
Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 10/27/2015

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Labor Statistics Improvement Act [HB-3674] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ]
Labor Statistics Improvement Act Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics. Directs the Commission to: examine and assess the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; recommend any improvement to the process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016

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Honesty in Consumer Price Index Reporting Act [HB-3500] [Consumer Protection ] [Inflation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ]
Honesty in Consumer Price Index Reporting Act This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to report regularly and routinely an additional data set designed to replicate the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (or CPI-W set) reflecting a fixed market basket of goods and services, omitting consideration of substitution of goods and services due to changes in individual consumption patterns caused by price increases, utilizing the methodology that was employed by the Bureau in 1980.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016

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Defending Quality Postal Delivery for the Future Act [HB-3464] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Economic Development ]
Defending Quality Postal Delivery for the Future Act Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from closing or consolidating any post office or other postal facility that is located in a ZIP code that has a high rate of population growth. Directs the USPS to determine annually whether a ZIP code has a high rate of population growth using population data available from the Bureau of the Census.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 09/09/2015

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